Masayuki Suzuki feat. Aoi Koga performs opening song "Abunai Kioku" The staff for the anime of Aka Akasaka 's Kaguya-sama: Love is War manga unveiled the full promotional video, returning cast and staff, and December 31 premiere of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Otona e no Kaidan  (The Steps to Become an Adult), the anime's new television special ,  on Tuesday. The trailer announces and previews the special's opening theme song "Abunai Kioku" (Dangerous Memory) by Masayuki Su

Girl group HANA performs opening song "Cold Night" The staff for the television anime of Tsurumaikada 's Olympic ice-skating manga Medalist revealed on Tuesday the second season's first full promotional video, new visual, 10 more cast members, and January 24 premiere. The video reveals and previews the opening song "Cold Night" by girl group HANA. The newly announced cast members are: Natsuko Abe as Yūna Yagi, a sixth-grader signed to Meikoh Wind FSC Mao Itou as Rinna Saru

Reo Tatsumori , Maaya Torigoe , Yūya Hirose join anime's cast The official website for the "light anime" adaptation of Tenma Asahi 's Saioshi no Gikei o Mederu Tame, Nagaikishimasu! (In Order to Love My Most Beloved Step-Brother, I'll Live a Long Life!) light novel series started streaming the anime's second promotional video on Tuesday. The video reveals more cast, additional staff, the ending theme song "Endless You" by Shōta Aoi (voice of Orsis), and the anime's Januar

1st 11 chapters available on Viz Viz Media announced on Monday that it is releasing Inoue's #Gal x Gal Yuri (#Gyaru to Gyaru no Yuri) manga as a simulpub. The first 11 chapters are now on the company's website. Viz teases that the story is about two gals who "decide to be more than pals." Inoue, also known as Koharu Inoue , debuted the manga in Shogakukan 's Sunday Webry service on June 10. The first compiled book volume is scheduled to launch on December 26. Inoue launched

Film nominated for Best Animated Film; 2025 SFCS Awards to be held on December 15 The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) announced on Friday it has nominated The Colors Within ( Kimi no Iro ), the latest anime feature film by Science SARU and director Naoko Yamada , for Best Animated Film for the 2025 SFCS Awards. Other nominees include Arco, KPop Demon Hunters, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, and Zootopia 2. The film opened in U.S. theaters in Japanese with Engl

Episodes to air Tuesdays, beginning on January 6 The Gundam franchise revealed on Friday the first film in the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway ( Kidō Senshi Gundam: Senkō no Hathaway ) anime film project will get a re-cut television broadcast version as part of a new Call of Hathaway commemorative project. The below trailer announces the project and celebrates 45 years of the animated franchise. The movie will be re-cut into four episodes that begin broadcasting on Nippon TV '

4th season debuts in April 2026 The staff for the anime of Osamu Nishi 's Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun  ( Mairimashita! Iruma-kun ) manga unveiled the main visual and teaser trailer for the anime's fourth season  on Sunday. The video features the Abnormal class' long-forgotten 13th classmate Purson Soi. Teaser trailer Japanese version English-subtitled teaser trailer (region-locked in some countries)  The anime will debut  in April 2026 on NHK Educational .  Crunchyroll

Anime's final episode airs next Saturday The official X/Twitter account for the My Hero Academia anime announced on Sunday that Hiiro Ishibashi has joined the eighth and final season's cast as the "mysterious boy" Koki Terumoto. The character appeared in the overall 169th episode of the anime, which aired on Saturday. The final episode of the anime will air next Saturday, December 13. The season debuted on October 4 on YTV and NTV 's affiliate channels. Crunchyroll is st

New anime work titled Code Geass Hoshi Oi no Aspar ; manga project by Tomofumi Ogasawara in collaboration with Mobile Suit Gundam Wing The " Code Geass Project 'To 20th' Event" on Sunday revealed several projects for the Code Geass franchise 's 20th anniversary, including an all-new anime, a new manga collaboration with Mobile Suit Gundam Wing , and the television broadcast of Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture in July 2026. The event also announced that the franchise's 13

Suzume director records video message to commemorate films streaming on Crunchyroll in India Crunchyroll India posted a video message from director Makoto Shinkai on Saturday to commemorate the launch of eight of his films on Crunchyroll for Indian viewers, including new Hindi dubs for several films. In the below video, Shinkai stated he is currently working on a new work (note: while the below video uses the subtitle "new film," Shinkai himself used the phrase "new work

Also licensed: Shi-chan's Delights , Kitchen by the Sea , Narusawa Loves the Face You Make When You Eat AI localization company Orange Inc. revealed on Friday it is adding the following manga to its e-bookstore service " emaqi :" Title: Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan Creator(s): Toshinori Sogabe Publisher: Akita Shoten Co., Ltd.Synopsis:A male-to-female ratio of 1 to 359!! Relentlessly teased by 359 high school girls!! A punishing harem school rom-com!! Enter the terrifyingly ador

Elden Ring Nightreign, Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, Zenless Zone Zero, Marvel Rivals , also win awards Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) revealed the winners of the PlayStation Partner Awards 2025 on Wednesday. The winners of the PlayStation Partner Awards 2025 are as follows: Grand Award These games are the titles with the biggest worldwide sales between October 2024 and September 2025 that were developed in Japan or Asia. Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero ( Bandai Namco

Chō , Taketora , Shinichirō Miki join cast with songs by ano , FOMARE The " Trigun Stargaze Tokyo Premiere" at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 debuted the full trailer for the Trigun Stargaze anime on Saturday. The event also announced more cast members, the theme song artists, and the January 10 premiere for the anime. The newly announced cast members for Vash's new foes are: Chō as Leonof the Puppet-Master Taketora as Hoppered the Gauntlet Shinichirō Miki as Midvalley the Hornf

Hinata Tadokoro , Daisuke Hirakawa , Yasuhiro Takato co-star with songs by TOOBOE , Mulasaki Ima The staff for the television  anime of writer Rocket Shokai and artist Nakashima723 's Scum of the Brave ( Yūsha no Kuzu ) manga debuted the first full promotional video on Saturday. The video announces more cast members, the theme song artists, two- cours (quarters of a year)  run without breaks, and January 10 premiere for the anime.  The newly announced cast members are: •

2nd season premieres in April 2026 The staff of the television anime of Fujino Ōmori and Toshi Aoi 's Wistoria: Wand and Sword ( Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria ) manga unveiled during the Anime Festival Kassel event in Germany on Saturday a new trailer and visual for the second season: The second season will premiere in April 2026. The first season's director Tatsuya Yoshihara is the new season's general director, and Hideaki Nakano ( Saiyuki Reload Blast , Servamp ) is th

2nd season premieres on December 20; streams on OceanVeil 1 hour after Japan broadcast WWWave Corporation 's new anime streaming  platform OceanVeil announced on Thursday that it will stream the second anime  season of  Tsuyoshi Yasuda 's  Blue Miburo ( Ao no Miburo ) manga, an hour after its broadcast in Japan. OceanVeil has opened a website for the anime that features a text digest of the first season. The anime's second season will premiere in Japan on December 20 a

Song for high school romance webtoon launched on December 2 K-pop group FIFTY FIFTY performed the latest original soundtrack song for the webtoon Operation: True Love . The track, titled "Oops, My Bad," launched on December 2 on major music streaming platforms. Operation: True Love , created by webtoon duo kkokkalee and Dledumb, has maintained a strong readership since its launch in April 2022. WEBTOON describes the series' story: It's hard dating someone who won't give you t

Company runs Toptoon English webtoon service Topco Media, the Korean parent company for the webtoon platform Toptoon, reported on December 2 strong commercial performance for its first AI-produced adult animation series Office Romances Are Strictly Forbidden , demonstrating returns estimated at around five times the original webtoon production cost, following its initial release in Taiwan. Based on one of the company's adult webtoons, the project uses AI to create newly desig

Lynn , Toshiki Masuda , Katsuyuki Konishi , more join anime's cast The staff for  Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers , the new sequel  anime  of the  Yoroiden Samurai Troopers series, unveiled on Tuesday the full promotional video, main visual, additional cast and staff members, theme song artists, January 6 premiere, and two split- cours  (quarter of a year) broadcast for the anime. Rock band blank paper performs the anime's opening theme song "YOAKE" (Dawn) as heard in the v

Sayaka Ōhara joins cast as Asa's late mother, Makio's older sister Minori The staff for the television anime of Tomoko Yamashita 's  Ikoku Nikki (Journal with witch, or literally Diary of a Strange Land) manga revealed on Tuesday the second full promotional video, second key visual, another cast member, and January 4 premiere for the anime. The video previews the characters' voices and the opening theme song "Sonare" by singer-songwriter TOMOO . Sayaka Ōhara joins the ani